Ship&#39;s window



March 8, 1932. w. L. KRAEMER 1,848,132

SHIPS WINDOW Filed July 18, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 ilyEN TOR. BY 3ATTORNEY E dr ATTORNEY W. L. KRAEMER SHIP'S WINDOW March 8, 1932.

Filed July 18, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet "WALDO L. nn-AEMER; onBnooKLYmnEw-Yonk; AssIsnoB 'ro' .xmemm nneiuunna ,IneIcoMPAnY, moi, A:conrom'r on on new YORKI.

" [Sn ps wmoj v V My invention relates to -ship constructions the outerwindow frame and are positioned i i and in particular'tothe constructionof winto conceal the" arcuate contour of the cross Y d th f members-=from the interior of' 'the vessel. 7

In the construction of ships, thewindo'w Fgpecifically, these horizontalcross'members openings whi'ch are provided in Lth'e sidemay be integralwith the011 f'frame and 55 walls of the ship are n stepped relation inoffset rem t-he outer surface-thereof or they. accordance with the rakeof the ships @In 'may'beon'the inner side of the windowpane'.

these openings, I windows are fitted, each Other objects of my inventionwill-appear window having an outer, framewhich de- 'fromthe followingparticular description 10 fines the window openings and which exjof theembodin ent thereof shown in the'ac so tends through theopening'providedtherefor 'companying drawings, in which: 1 k i in the side ofthe ship. Itfis desirable to Fig'lis a 'perspe'ctive of-a side wall of ai avoid the steppedappearance of the windows vessel as seen' from" thedeck;- I i from the'deck'when several windows aresee'n 'Fig. 2-:is afront elevation of a window inperspective. In orderto do this the-outerconstructed in -accordance with my invenie5 frame of the' windows aregenerally connon; v V 1' I V structed with arcuate upper and lower crossa Fig; 3 is an enlarged fragmentary section members. These upper andlower arcuate of the same taken ontheline 22EofFig. 2 Z'cross membersavoi d-the's'harp stepped ap Fig. is an'elevation of' a modified form]pearance of, the windows and serve to proof a unitary windowstructure'constructed in- 70 I vide an optical ,eiiect of a gradual andgraceaccordance with my invention; 7 7 ful curve; Inthe ordinaryconstructions, =Fig. 5' is an enlarged fragmentary, sechowever, thesearcuate upper-and lower frame tional side elevation of the same; andmembers of theouter-frame ZLIE'VlSlblGffIOlIL Fig; '6 is an enlargedfragmentary, sec-i the inner side of the ships wall, particularlytional' side elevation of another modified so in the unitary shipwindowconstruction form of window. v a utilizing a frameles's windowpane to proa In Figpl, there is shown the side wall of vide a maximumfield of vision, I a-vesse'l 'asiitfappears from the deck. As is a Thearcuate appearance of the'upperand clearly illustrated by Fig, 1, thefield of V lower frame members fromft-he inner side on O 'P Standing 011thedeck may;

because the rooms are laid out with straight the vessel. The e W Il l Wr in pp d lines and the arcuate frame members of rel'atlon to each otherin accordance with the c the outer frame of thewindow, when seen" rakeof thevess'el- -However, by virtue of of the ships wall is extremelyundesirable include several windows in the side wall of blendwithtl1e'-lines upon which the room the windowframes, thestepped'rela'tion of is built. To avoid this 'difliculty, while rethewindows is not sharply definedand istaining the advantages of-thearcuate uphardly noticeable. Even on close examina-i per and lowerframemembers, isthe prin tion,these windows will-appear to graduallycipal object ofmy' invention. j

'By my invention I am enabled to secure of a curve rather than in asharp stepped the advantage of the arcuatecross members relation. Whilethis optical effect is desir of the outer frame and at the same timeelimable, it is equally desirable to avoid the arinate the objectionablearcuate appearance cuate appearance from the interior of the accordancewith my invention, I utilize an which is shown in the remaining figuresof offset horizontal member "in conjunction the drawings. V I with thearcuate cross members ofthe out- The window shown indetail in Figures 2'er frame. 'The horizontal cross members are and '3 of the accompanyingdrawings is of 5 fofiset inwardly of the arcuate surface of the unitarytype of shelter "deckwindow-in v from the interior of the vessel, dornotthe curved upper and lower cross members of vary in elevation inaccordance with the arcfrom the inner side of the ships wall. In vessel,which is avoided'by the construction:

\ windows from the deck which the entire window structure including thewindow operating mechanism, is con tained in a single unit and in whicha frameless window pane is utilized to give the maximum field of vision.As shown, the unitary window structure includes an outer window frame 1which defines the window opening and an inner frame 2 of substantiallytwice the length of the window opening, the outer frame being secured tothe inner frame. The

outer frame member is, in cross section, substantially as shown inFig.3, the frame being provided with an outwardly extendingcircumambient flange 8 and an axial flange d. The side members 10, ofthe outer window frameare straight and the upper and lower cross members1?) are arcuate. This outer frame member extends through the windowopening in the side wall of the ship and the frame is secured to theside wallby screws 5 extending through the circumambient flange 3. Thearcuate upper and lower cross members extend through the window openingand serve to avoid the stepped appearance of the as is clearlyillustrated in Fig. 1.

In order to avoid the arcuate appearance ofthese upper and lower framemembers from the interior of the vessel, through the frameless windowpane, there are offset portions 10 formed on the frame member whichextend across the frame member at the top and bottom thereof.These-offset portions are offset inwardly from the outer surface of theouter frame so that they are not clearly defined from the outer side ofthe ships side wall and do not enter into the opticalefiect of thewindows. The edges of these offset portions are straight and inelevation .the edges are located at the same height as the ends of thearcuate cross members so that the window opening defined by the frameand as seen from the interior of the vessel, is substantiallyrectangular. I

To this frame member,th ere is secured the inner frame which issubstantially L-shape in cross section, having an inwardly extendingflange. .One side of the flange abuts against and is secured tothe innersurface of the axial flange l of the outer frame; To this inner frame,thereis secured a channeled member 7 which extends across the upper partof the frame and alongthe sides thereof to a distance substantiallybelow the lower edge of the window opening. This channeled member isfilled with a flexible material 8 and constitutes a channel guideway forframeless window pane 9. 7

Just immediately below the lower edge of the window opening there is across bar 10,

extending between the side members of the inner frame. This cross barsupports the window pane traversing means which includes a verticalthreaded shaft 11 extending from the cross bar, at the center thereof,

to the lower cross member of the inner frame and being journaled in boththe cross bar and the lower cross member of the inner frame. ()n theupper end of this vertical shaft there is a beveled gear 12 which issecured to the shaft to rotate therewith. Meshing with this gear, thereis another gear *3 which is secured to a stub shaft 14 extending throughthe cross bar transversely thereof and journaled therein. The inner endof the stud shaft is reduced in diameter and extends through the crossbar inwardly thereof. On the extended end of this stub shaft, there is ahandle 15 by means of which the stub shaft and-the gear 13 are rotated,and through the bevel gear 12 on the screw shaft, the screw shaft isalso rotated. ()n the screw shaft, there is a nut 16 having internalthreadscomplementary to the threads on the. screw shaft. This nuthas apair of side flanges extending from diametrica-l opposite points. Eachpair of side flanges includes a lower flange 1'? and an upper flange 18which form substantially a bifurcated extension. The lower flangesofthis nut have rounded elevated portions 19 which are adapted to engagethe legs of a bifurcated flange 20:01 a link 21 secured to the windowpane. V

The lower edge of the windolw pane is received .in a clamping memberwhich comprises an .L-shaped section 22 and a plate 23 which togetherform a clamp .of U-shape in cross section. This clamp fits over theloweredge of the window pane, a padding being placed between the clamp andthe glass. To this clamp is secured the link 21, the legsgof thebifurcated flange of which extend be tween the flanges on the nut. Thenut is also provided with a projection 2% extending into an opening inthe link 21. Thus, as the screw shaft is rotated the nut travels up anddown the shaft, depending upon the direction of rotation of.- the shaft.As the nut travels downthe shaft the upper side flanges of the nutengage the bifurcated flange on the linl; and draw the link downwardlywhich draws the window pane downwardly. Likewise, when the shaftisrotated so that the nut travels up the shaft the window pane is raisedin the guideways.

The lower offset horizontal portion of the outer frame has a beveledinner surface 25. This inner surface cooperates with a ming member 26which. is secured to the clamping member on the lower edge of the windowpane, the jamming member having a surface complementary to the bevel ofthe lower offset portion of the outer window frame. This jamming memberserves to maintain a weathertight connection when the window is in theclosed position.

On the inner side of the window there be a finishingframe 27 having anelevated Waist rail 28. The waistrai l iS elevated so thatthe uppersurfa e there -is in th sam bers presenta substantiallyrectangular win-V secured a channel dow opening efiectively concealing the arcu; atecontour of frame from the interior of the vessel. The elevated waistrail also serves to eflectively conceal the curved contour of the lowercross member-of the outer frame. a

The window shown in Figs. 4 and ii -differs from that shownin Figs, 2and 3 principally in that the inner frame is dispensed with.

The remaining features, of the window areidentical with those of thewindow SllOWIllIl Figs. 2 and 3. In the construction shown in Figs. 4and 5, the channel guideway 7 for the window pane issecured directly tothe outer frame member which is provided with an integral flange 29'against which the web of the channel guideway abuts, one leg of thechannel abutting against thenner surface 30 of the frame and into arecess formed In'this construction in which the therefor. inner frame isdispensed with, a stirrup is provided for the screw shaft ofthe window 7mechanism. The outer frame is extended downwardly at thelower traversingpane edge thereof and to the sides of the extension is secured the crossbar lO whichsupports'the window pane traversing mechanism. the edgeofthis cross bar and the edge-oftheextended portion of the frame memberthere is wardly and is inclined to the planeof the screw shaft. Thischannel member which" is substantially triangular in shape and forms astirrup havingj inclined sides 31 and a low er cross piece 32- at thelower end thereof in which the lower end of the screw shaft'isjournaled. In other respects this window is 1 the same as the and 8.

In Fig window shown in Figs.f2

. 5 a fragmentary section of a modi fied form of the window is shown.'In this type of window there is no offset portion provided on the outerframe member. The curvature of the lower cross member of the outer frameis effectively concealed by the elevated waist rail 33 of theinner'finishing frame 3e and the upper curved cross member'is alsoconcealed by the inner finishing frame.

It is obvious that various changes may be m'ade in the details of theembodiments shown in the drawings and above particularly described bythose skilledin the art the cross members of the outer.

iron which extends downwithin thel'principle and scope 'of'my invenktion as expressed inthe appended claims. 1 Claims} Y 1. In a 'shipsconstruction, a side wall hav-' ing a series of -window openingstherethrough, the window openings being in 'stepped'relationinaccordanoe with the rake of the ship, aunitary window structure foreach of said-window openings and including a'n' oute'r window framehaving arcuate upper and lower cross members to avoid {a steppedappearance of the windowsrfrom the deck,

and means-forconcealing thear'cuate cross or members of thewindow: framefrom the" in terionof the ship.- Y

2'. In ashi s construction, aside wall having' 'a 'fseries of window"openings therethro'uigh;=thef window openings being in stepped-relationin accordance with; the rake of the sh p, a unitary window structurejforH each of sa'id'window openings and'including v an outer frame havingarcuate upp'er and lower" namefmemb rs adapted to avoid a; stepped.appearance of thewindows fromjthe deck, and awaist rail offset inwardlyfrom member and shielding the arcuate configuration of the lower crossmeniher from the interior of the ship.

"3-. Ina ships'co structiom a sidewall 115a;

ing a series or wind'owfopenings there through, the window openingsbeing. in stepped relation in -accordar-ce with the rake of the ship, aunitary window'structure for:

each of'saidwindow openings;andincluding an outerframe-havin arcuateu erand lower cross'me'nibers toavoid a steppedgap 'earance of the windowsfrom the deckand astraight horizontal cross member offset in.- a wardlyfrom the arcuate"crossmembers and concealing the arcuate'configurationof a cross member from theinterior ofthe ship.

In a ships construction, a side wall hav-' .ing a series of WliidOW.openings there the window openings being in through, V stepped relationin accordance with the rake of theship, a unitary. window structure foreach of said window openings and including an outerfra'me havingarcuateupper' and "lowercros's membersto avoid ,a stepped appearance ofthe windows from the ClBClQz a w ndow pane,

outer frame having arcuate upper and lower cross members adapted toavoida stepped pp aranceof windows from the deck of a.

in which, the; window. openings .are

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7 p I "window pane traversing means, and an inner'frame member includingan'elevated waist rail for concealing the arcuate configuration of thelower cross mem-h ber of the outer frame from the interior of theship.

5. A unitary ship s window-comprising an stepped in accordance with therake: of the" ship, frame,

tween the inner and outer frames, window an inner frame secured to theouter a windowpane slidably mounted bepane traversing mechanism forraising a'n'd;

lowering the window pane mounted, in the inner frame member, and meansforconcealing the arcuate configuration of the outer W framefrom theinner side of the window.

6. A unitary ships window comprising an outer frame having arcuate upperand lower cross members adapted to avoida steppedappearance of windowsfrom the deck of a ship in which the window openings are stepped inaccordance with the rake of the ship, an inner frame secured to theouter frame, a window pane slidably mounted between'the inner and outerframes, window m pane traversing mechanism for raising and lowering thewindow pane mounted in the inner frame member, and offset horizontalcross members, offset inwardly from the armate cross members of theouter frame and po- 2;}, sitionedto conceal the arcuate configurationofthe outer frame from the inner sideof the window.

7. A unitary ships window comprising an outer frame having arcuate upperand lower cross members adapted to avoid a stepped appearance ofwindowstfrom the deck of a ship in, which the window openings arestepped in accordance with the rake of the ship, an inner frame-securedto the outer frame, a window pane slidably mounted between the inner andouter frames, window pane traversing mechanism for raising and loweringthe window pane mounted in the inner frame member, and an elevated hori-5; zontal waist rail, positioned-to conceal the arcuate configuration ofthe-outer frame from the inner side of the window.

8. A unitary ships window comprising an outer framehaving arcuate upperand lower agfcross members adapted to avoid a stepped appearance ofwindows from the'deck of a ship in which the window openings are steppedin accordance with the rake of the ship, an inner frame secured to theouter frame, a window pane slidably mounted between the inner and outerframes, window pane traversing mechanism for raising and lowering thewindow pane mounted inthe inner frame member, the arcuate cross mem- 0;bers of the outer frame havingintegral hori zontal portions offsetinwardly from the outermost surface and adapted to conceal the; arcuate'confi 'uration of the cross members from the inner side of the window.

In witness whereofl hereunto subscribe my signature.

WALDO L. KRAEMER.

